Simply Magical: (Bead-Crochet)

Beads have long held a fascination with me and I remember the first project, done in 1985, long before beads were so popular. I ran into a pattern and some beads in a yarn shop and gave it a try. A few crocheted collars with minimal beads was the result. Through the various crochet conferences, I met beaders and crocheters and join the Bead Society of greater Chicago, where inspiration abounds!! Since then I have grown to love bead crochet and I have explored all kinds of ways to use beads in the different kinds of crochet from freeform to doilies!

April/May 2005 Beadwork Magazine: “Fuchsia Necklace”

Photo: “Fuchsia Scissor Fob,” on the cover of Bead Crochet Basics, by Suzanne McNeill of Design Originals, 2004

“Flatwork Bead Crochet,” Beadwork Magazine, Winter 2004

Photo: “Beaded Heart Pins,” featured in Encyclopedia of Crochet by Donna Kooler, 2002

“Bead Earrings,” Hooked on Crochet Magazine, October 2002.

“The Ingenious Misers' Purse,” Piecework Magazine, Nov/Dec 1999.

“Kate: An Irish-Style Misers” Purse,” Old Time Crochet Magazine, Spring 1998.

Beadwork Magazine, February/March 2004